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Originally posted by Faust View PostWalked into L'Eclaireur today and the next season's jackets are 500 euro more expensive than the last season's. So, here is an open letter from Faust to Paul Harnden.
Paul,
You are an asshole. You have capitalized on the exposure StyleZeitgeist have given you by consistently jacking up prices by 20-30% each season for the past few years, pricing out the very people who not only appreciate your work but make it look good, so others can buy into it. I know you won't read this, but someone who knows you will. So, fuck you.
Faust
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i'm curious, what made this sticker shock so offensive (as to warrant an online shaming)? like you said this has been happening for years with PH, & other designers like MA+ A1923 et al.
straw that broke the camel's back?Last edited by PoubelleMaBelle; 06-25-2015, 09:22 PM.
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MA+ has always been rather extravagantly priced, though, or at least since I started following the brand. The egregious thing about Paul Harnden is the dramatic rise in pricing as the brand's popularity has soared - pricing out the very people who may have appreciated the work in the first place. And it's not a slight increase either, it's a substantial rise in prices with each consecutive season. I purchased a blazer for about $1400 in 2011. They now run about double that.
Makes me not so feel bad about buying Bergfabel
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Originally posted by syed View Post"Please kill Angela Merkel Not"
Not entirely sure where that comes from.
All I've heard and read is that Mr. Rick punched him for his shenanigans after he came back-stage. Subsequently, he was also dropped by his modeling agency. drama drama drama drama
I am interested in the meaning of the message though. Any German posters, or anyone that knows about German politics, why someone would protest Chancellor Merkel?
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I mean i might be wrong about this but isn't PH's issue grounded in the fact that there was no recognition as to this website's effect on the brand. I believe both amadei and simone have recognized the website's effect in some way?
You could argue that certain users here are responsible for styling the jackets well and enticing a lot of people on the internet to buy them. I believe a brand like PH relies on the web so heavily for exposure, that it's undeniable its success is based on it. Wouldn't he also be, out of all the designers and artisans discussed on this website, one of the figures that is most secluded from the industry?
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someone with at least one small kid should try this:
http://www.babble.com/style/i-let-my...what-happened/"He described this initial impetus as like discovering that they both were looking at the same intriguing specific tropical fish, with attempts to understand it leading to a huge ferocious formalism he characterizes as a shark that leapt out of the tank."
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Originally posted by fit magna caedesYeah, although MA+ prices have risen a fair bit. But yeah, always egregious. I sympathise more with those designers whose work shows more attention to detail--Its ironic that I can pay less for a Taichi coat than a PH jacket, considering that the Taichi coat has some obsessive detailing, silver fittings, and serious R&D each season for new fabrics, etc.
PH raises his prices because he can, that's the real insult.
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Originally posted by SafetyKat View Posthttp://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/...-merkel-banner
All I've heard and read is that Mr. Rick punched him for his shenanigans after he came back-stage. Subsequently, he was also dropped by his modeling agency. drama drama drama drama
I am interested in the meaning of the message though. Any German posters, or anyone that knows about German politics, why someone would protest Chancellor Merkel?
plus; any polarizing and notable political figure this side of cincinnatus is bound to promote detractors.
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Originally posted by fit magna caedesIt might lead to lower production of pieces relative to demand, but that doesn't mean he has to raise prices as he has. And no way is it a wool issue (unless you're joking, can't tell)--it's at most fabric a production issue, but if he could produce jackets using that mill for 1.5 a few years back at a lower volume, increased orders are only going decrease the price for the fabrics he buys, if anything--less test runs per fabric buy, and so forth.
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Originally posted by DudleyGray View PostI like to pretend that there's a bizarre love triangle between Rick, Benoit, and Jera, and that this was really about jealousy and not politics.
Anyone have opinions on Craig Green around here? I see so much hype around him everywhere but nothing about him here.
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Originally posted by DudleyGray View PostI like to pretend that there's a bizarre love triangle between Rick, Benoit, and Jera, and that this was really about jealousy and not politics.
Anyone have opinions on Craig Green around here? I see so much hype around him everywhere but nothing about him here.
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Originally posted by fit magna caedesYeah, MA+ was the first comparison I thought of, too.
PH pricing feels more insane I think because the rise has been really rapid over the last few years as he's gained popularity--and I'm not sure how big a role SZ played in popularising MA+, compared to PH.Originally posted by nicelynice View PostMA+ has always been rather extravagantly priced, though, or at least since I started following the brand. The egregious thing about Paul Harnden is the dramatic rise in pricing as the brand's popularity has soared - pricing out the very people who may have appreciated the work in the first place. And it's not a slight increase either, it's a substantial rise in prices with each consecutive season. I purchased a blazer for about $1400 in 2011. They now run about double that.
Makes me not so feel bad about buying BergfabelOriginally posted by fit magna caedesYeah, he wants his cake and to eat it too, avoiding internet engagement and hype while in fact depending on it to keep raising his prices (and yes, they are insane, hats have doubled in price for the same model in a couple of years--although part of that might be our godawful dollar, now that I think about it ). A very different model to the active engagement by people like Zam, Geoffrey, who I feel show respect for their customers in the way they interact with us on here.
PH raises his prices because he can, that's the real insult.
either way the end result is ridiculous pricing.
& re: SZ – i think the forum's early years were equally responsible for all post-carpe popularity
though nowadays nobody seems to give a fuck about these brands/designers – probably because they've priced themselves out of the conversation...
i imagine the same thing could happen to PH.Last edited by PoubelleMaBelle; 06-26-2015, 10:45 PM.
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Originally posted by PoubelleMaBelle View Post
though nowadays nobody seems to give a fuck about these brands/designers – probably because they've priced themselves out of the conversation....Originally posted by unwashedTry to use a phone camera in broad daylight or use a proper camera.Originally posted by AhimsaI've found it extremely pleasant and enthralling over repeated whiffs so I would highly recommend.
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